Necktie attachment.



No. 68!,749. Patented Sept. 3, MIL

c. SPANGLER.

NECKTIE ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Nov 17, 1900.)

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UNrrE GEORGE o. SPANGLER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

NECKTIE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,749, datedSeptember 3, 1901 Application filed November 1'7, 1900. Serial No.36,877. (N0 m l-l To (0 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. SPANGLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in NecktieAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to necktie attachments, and more particularly tomeans for securing a necktie to a collar-button.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive devicewhich will serve to securely attach a necktie, preferably one of thekind known as bow-ties, to a collar-button.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment forneckties which will serve the double purpose of securing a tie to acollar-button and supporting and reinforcing the tie itself.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter,in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and its novel features will be defined in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a bow-tie with myimprovement secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of thesecuring attachment removed from the tie, and Fig. 3 is a centrallongitudinal section of the securing attachment.

The necktie shown in the drawings is a bowtie, comprising a central loop1 and side portions or wings 2 and 3. The securing attachment consistsof two plates 4 and 5, each formed from a single piece of metal bent atits sides at its inner end to form ears 6, which are perforated toreceive a pintle 7. The perforated ears of one of the plates overlapthose of the other plate and the pintle 7 serves as a pivot to securethe two plates together. A coil-spring 8 surrounds the pintle 7, and theends 9 and 10 of said spring extend in opposite directions to bearagainst the plates 4 and 5, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

11 and 12 designate gripping-jaws which are formed by slitting the bodyof the plates 4 and 5 and bending up and inwardly the partially-severedportions of the body to form the jaws. Each of the jaws 11 and 12 isthus formed with a notch 13 to adapt the jaws to engage the shank of acollar-button. The plates 4 and 5 gradually increase in width from theirinner to their outer ends to conform to the shape of the side portionsor wings 2 and 3 of the tie, and said plates are formed with threadopenings 14 near their outer edges to facilitate the attachment of theplates to the back of the necktie. The spring 8 serves to normally pressthe jaws 11 and 12 together, and to attach the necktie to a collarbuttonit is only necessary to grasp each of the plates between the thumb andfinger and then separate the jaws 11 and 12 against the tension of thespring. The jaws are then pressed over the] head of the collar-button,and when the plates are released the spring forces the jaws into a firmgripping-contact with the shank of the button, thus securing the tie inplace. As the shape of the plates 4 and 5 conforms to that of the sidesor wings of the tie, the latter are supported and reinforced, thuscausing them to retain their shape. As the jaws 11 and 12 areformedintegral with the plates and are finished by the formation of thenotches therein when the plates are slitted, it will be obvious that thedevice may be manufactured cheaply. The plates being formed of sheetmetal are very durable and may be readily attached to a new necktie whenthe tie to which they are secured becomes soiled or worn.

I claim- 1. A necktie attachment comprising a pair of plates, eachformed integral with a pair of cars bent rearward at its sides at itsinner end and perforated, and a gripping-jaw, cut out from the body ofthe plate and bent outward and inward, and having a notch in its end, apintle whereby the ears are pivoted together, and a spring coiled aroundthe pintle and having its ends bearing on the plates.

2. A necktie attachment comprising a pair of plates, each formed with apair of cars bent rearward at its sides at its inner end and perforatedand side and end openings near its edge at its outer end, and agripping-jaw cut out from the body of the plate and bent outward andinward and having a notch in its end, a pintle whereby the ears arepivoted together, and a spring coiled around the pintle and having itsends bearing on the plates.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE O. SPANGLER.

Witnesses:

D. B. OAKS, LOUIS DoEsoHER.

